Graduating high school seniors in the Paris Junior College service area may take a free Summer I or II class, starting June 5 or July 12.
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A paradise for garage sale enthusiasts, the Highway 82/287 yard sale makes a two-day run June 2-3 through roughly 15 towns and across more than 400 miles of highway from New Boston to the east to Quanah and Vernon and Seymour to the west.
The one-and-1/2-mile walk around Reno Kiwanis Park to honor fallen law enforcement officers is rescheduled for 9 a.m. May 20, according to a social media post by event organizer Lamar County Adopt-a-Cop.
County to receive audit report.
Lamar County nonprofit organizations received more than $80,000 Tuesday during East Texas Giving Day.
Early voting for the May 6 general election kicks off Monday, April 24, and ends Tuesday, May 2.
Paris to eliminate residency requirement
Legendary rap group Bone Thugs-N-Harmony paid tribute to many of its fallen rap contemporaries when the trio performed to a sold-out crowd Friday at Stage 271 at Choctaw Casino in Grant, Oklahoma.
Continuing its annual celebration of the national opening day for trails, the City of Reno is hosting a safari-themed scavenger hunt for children Saturday on the Reno Rail Trail.
North Lamar ISD board of trustees is expected to pass a resolution in opposition to school vouchers when the board meets at 6 p.m. Monday in the Roy C. Chadwick Administration Office, 3130 N. Main St.
On April 8, 2024 at 1:44 in the afternoon, the sky over Paris will go as dark as night for 4 minutes and 1 second.
Gene editing technologies are constantly evolving and hold immense power. A recent lab I ran at PJC showed students how easy the process can be.
A prime event will spice things up in downtown Paris this weekend as Paris Steak Wars enters its third year. The event, set for South Main Iron, features more than 1,000 prime ribeye steaks and has raised more than $46,000 for the Boys and Girls Club of Paris since 2021.
Homes, businesses and other buildings within the Reno city limits will be safer after five new city firefighters begin their first shifts next week.
As of this week, Lamar County Commissioners’ Court meetings now include a Citizens Input agenda item, an addition County Judge Brandon Bell added to encourage citizens to express concerns before the court.
No one from the public spoke at a required hearing on Monday when Commissioners’ Court approved the first step for three solar farms to locate in Lamar County.
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While out in the woods near my home recently, I heard a distant rifle shot which triggered the gobble of a wild turkey only a few yards back in the brush. I was packing in some corn to a feeder I have set up for hogs but when I heard the gobble I forgot all about wild porkers and quietly slipped out of the woods in hopes of calling the bird in for photos.
The Sam Bell Maxey House State Historic Site invites area children and family to a “Build Your Own Terrarium” workshop on Mar. 14, 15, or 16 at 2 p.m.
